Friday, September 28, 2012

Making your journal ROCK!

The same stone that I worked on for the article hides more funny faces

I’m so proud
that issue 2 of Featuring, the new lovely magazine on art journaling, mixed
media and much more, see www.featuringmagazine.com ,shows an article about my Stone Folk. It was this article (and the editor’s idea to
show a picture of the unpainted stone) that gave me the idea of how I could
make my journal ‘rock’. Maybe yours as well!

Allkids see faces. They see themin patterns of bedroom curtains, in
crumpled-up bed sheets, in bathroom tiles and wood grain, in sand heaps or tea
stained newspapers. For me seeing faces never stopped. Especially pebbles,
rocks and stones seem to ‘watch’ me wherever I go. I call them stone folk. And
I love to ‘make them come alive’ by drawing on them.

It’salways nice ‘n easy to work on something
that’s already there. So why not photograph a stone that appeals to you (or
print this one). Make 3 or 4 prints and then draw on the prints. Look for faces
and keep in mind that stone folk aren’t pretty. Look for wrinkles, stubbly
noses,bad teeth or droopy eyes… Very
little is needed to make them come alive. Some dots of ink, a very thin line,
some color. It’s only a matter of accentuating what’s already there.

I never before
thought of working on pictures
instead of on the stone itself…The nice thing about it, is that it ‘s possible to work out more than
one face on the same stone, Usually there seem to be whole families hiding in
one rock. (Turn the picture around and see for yourself!)

And don’t you
agree they make lovely journaling material, being flat and glueable? I think
they are going to make my journal rock!